The Enchanting Hawaiian Islands

How many islands make up the Hawaiian archipelago?

a. 132 b. 123 c. 143

Answer:

c. 132

The Hawaiian Islands form an archipelago that extends over a vast area of the North Pacific Ocean. The archipelago is made up of 132 islands, atolls, reefs, shallow banks, shoals, and seamounts stretching over 1,500 miles from the island of Hawaii in the southeast to Kure Atoll in the northwest.